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To criticize (someone or something) harshly

To publicly criticize or castigate harshly

To strike or hit repeatedly

To defeat or conquer comprehensively

To cause emotional distress to someone

A sharp or resounding hit or blow

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Verb

To criticize (someone or something) harshly

haul over the coals

read the riot act

give someone a dressing-down

rake over the coals

fulminate against

call over the coals

give a talking-to

give someone a telling-off

give someone a roasting

give someone a rollicking

tear off a strip

remonstrate with

let someone have it

give someone an earful

give someone what for

give someone a bollocking

rap over the knuckles

give someone hell

give someone a mouthful

give someone a wigging

give someone a rating

give someone a row

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

slap on the wrist

give a piece of one's mind

call on the carpet

slap someone's wrist

tear a strip off

lay down the law

find fault with

jump down one's throat

take to the woodshed

come down hard on

give a going over

tell a thing or two

strongly criticize

rap on knuckles

call to account

bite someone's head off

reprimand severely

give tongue-lashing

have words with

rake over coals

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give a hard time

take down a peg

burn one's ears

throw the book at

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

criticize harshly

lose one's temper with

have someone on the carpet

give the business

jump down someone's throat

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

deliver a tirade to

give going-over

give piece of mind

snap someone's head off

inveigh against

give comeuppance

express disapproval of

vituperate against

point the finger

blacken someone's reputation

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

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“Is it really a coincidence that those critics who continue to lambaste traditional media organisations for their supposedly partisan bias and lack of objectivity are actually contributing to making the media more biased?”

Verb

To publicly criticize or castigate harshly

find fault with

inveigh against

throw brickbats at

cast aspersions on

fulminate against

give a bad press to

haul over the coals

vituperate against

give someone hell

give someone a roasting

tear off a strip

read the riot act

remonstrate with

give someone a dressing-down

do a hatchet job on

rap over the knuckles

give some stick to

let someone have it

give someone a rollicking

tear a strip off

criticize severely

give something a battering

give someone a bollocking

give someone a bad press

jump down one's throat

rake over the coals

go for the jugular

give a talking-to

give someone a telling-off

give someone an earful

pass strictures upon

give someone a caning

give someone a wigging

give someone a mouthful

give someone a row

give someone what for

give someone a rating

burn someone's ears

pin your ears back

put someone on the griddle

call over the coals

put someone on the hot seat

drag through the mud

criticize strongly

bring into disrepute

give a black eye

protest against

give a bad name

blacken the name of

animadvert upon

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

bite someone's head off

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

jump down someone's throat

give someone bondi

criticize harshly

show someone up

assault verbally

expose to ridicule

hold up to shame

cut to the quick

give something a bad press

mete out punishment to

make an example of

jump on one's case

snap someone's head off

bring under fire

review unfavorably

give the business

give a tongue-lashing

express disapprobation

express disapprobation of

send someone away with a flea in their ear

slap on the wrist

give someone some stick

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

mouth off about

kick up a fuss about

vociferate about

kick up a stink about

drag through the mire

bring discredit to

spread scandal about

run smear campaign

rip up and down

reflect badly on

bring shame upon

cut down to size

tar and feather

take down a peg

tell lies about

run a smear campaign against

take a swipe at

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

blacken the character of

comment negatively

give comeuppance

knock off high horse

think little of

drag through mud

drag someone's name through the mud

look down one's nose at

declaim against

criticize unfairly

express strong disapproval of

regard with disgust

feel aversion to

feel disgust for

feel revulsion to

blacken someone's name

sully someone's reputation

defame someone's character

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

lay at one's door

send up the river

shoot full of holes

object strongly to

make a fuss about

lodge a protest against

take issue with

express disagreement with

take exception to

raise objections to

complain vociferously about

oppose strongly

take a stand against

speak out against

express disapproval of

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Verb

To strike or hit repeatedly

beat the living daylights out of

knock into the middle of next week

give someone a hiding

let someone have it

give someone a good hiding

give someone a beating

give someone a drubbing

give someone a good beating

give someone a good drubbing

take a strap to

put in the hospital

warm someone's seat

dust someone's britches

tan the hide of

strike with a stick

beat with a stick

punish severely

give the cat o'nine tails

give a black eye

lay a finger on

box someone's ears

give a hiding to

tan someone's hide

physically attack

jump down one's throat

rain blows upon

be in collision with

give someone a hot bottom

put over one's knee

whip someone's hide

put the boot in

put the boot into

strike with the foot

make someone feel the back of one's hand

hit over the head

hit on the head

come into collision

give someone a licking

put someone over your knee

warm someone's bottom

assault physically

come into collision with

be violent toward

knock someone's lights out

beat someone's brains out

make contact with

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Verb

To defeat or conquer comprehensively

outmanoeuvre^UK

make mincemeat of

wipe the floor with

take to the cleaners

get the better of

give someone a drubbing

turn inside out

bring someone to their knees

win a resounding victory over

be victorious over

give someone a hiding

blow out of the water

throw back in confusion

wipe off the map

blow out of water

run rings around

pip at the post

run rings round

run roughshod over

win a victory over

take to cleaners

put in the shade

put someone in their place

put the kibosh on

gain mastery over

gain a victory over

bring to naught

go one better than

gain control of

knock for a loop

gain ascendancy over

give someone a pasting

axe^UK

ax^US

render incapable

render helpless

render powerless

get the upper hand over

get the upper hand

give a drubbing to

come out on top

bring under the yoke

take a stick to

run circles around

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

throw a spanner in the works

bring about the downfall of

knock something on the head

come out on top of

knock your socks off

gain the upper hand over

beat the pants off

knock spots off

cook one's goose

fix one's wagon

wipe off the mat

raze to the ground

bring under control

get under control

gain the advantage over

be the ruination of

trample underfoot

put out of action

put out of commission

put the skids under

seal the doom of

be unstoppable by

keep under thumb

break someone's spirit

put the squeeze on

gain control over

drive underground

reduce to nothing

reduce to rubble

bring to nothing

wreak havoc upon

prevail against

gain mastery of

take the honours

beat the stuffing out of

wipe off face of earth

wipe off the face of the earth

remove all traces of

destroy root and branch

beat the tar out of

beat the crap out of

beat the daylight out of

knock the daylight out of

rain on someone's parade

render ineffective

play havoc with

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Verb

To cause emotional distress to someone

cause suffering

be disagreeable to

give offence to

hurt somebody's feelings

push the buttons of

cut to the quick

give someone grief

give a hard time

cause suffering to

cause anguish to

drive up the wall

put your back up

break the heart of

rub up the wrong way

get on your nerves

get on your wick

make somebody's hackles rise

put someone's nose out of joint

throw off balance

make one's heart bleed

rub the wrong way

break one's heart

upset the applecart

put into a funk

put a damper on

arouse anxiety in

be on one's case

make it tough for

be disagreeable

tread on someone's toes

be an affront to

cause concern to

prey on your mind

make uncomfortable

lie heavy on someone's mind

give a bad time

weigh heavy on someone's mind

cause discomfort to

cause annoyance to

cause resentment to

hurt the feelings of

be a nuisance to

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

hit where one lives

ruffle one's feathers

raise your hackles

give the cold shoulder

cause trouble to

bend someone's ear

breathe down someone's neck

get on someone's case

give someone the hump

make someone see red

get under your skin

get in your hair

give someone the pip

get your back up

drive to distraction

drive round the twist

make your blood boil

get on one's nerves

drive round the bend

get your dander up

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

try your patience

get your hackles up

rub you up the wrong way

get across someone

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

cause offence to

fill with loathing

be a thorn in someone's flesh

be on your back

drive you up the wall

be on the back of

get someone's wick

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

lose one's temper

get a rise out of

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

push someon's buttons

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

make someone fed up

cause offense to

offend morals of

be offensive to

be displeasing to

be distasteful to

be repugnant to

make your gorge rise

take the wind out of your sails

completely surprise

make someone's blood run cold

raise someone's eyebrows

set someone back on their heels

shake out of your complacency

hit like ton of bricks

fail to satisfy

leave dissatisfied

not pass muster

not be good enough

give cause for complaint

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Noun

A sharp or resounding hit or blow

explosive noise

knuckle sandwich

dig in the ribs

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